Jean-Louis Gasset (born 9 December 1953) is a French former

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and current manager of Ivory Coast.

Football career

Born in Montpellier, Gasset played his whole career with hometown club

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. He led Montpellier to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in

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. He then coached

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and

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. He was assistant to

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and Spain's

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. Gasset assisted

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as manager of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, the France national team and PSG from 2007 to 2016. He had the top job at Montpellier again for the second half of the 2016–17 season, finishing 15th. He then became

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's right-hand man at AS Saint-Étienne, and succeeded the Spaniard in December 2017 just an hour before a 2–1 loss at EA Guingamp. In June 2018, having turned Saint-Étienne's season around to finish sixth, missing out on the

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on goal difference to Bordeaux, Gasset was given another year in the job. A year later, having come fourth and secured a place in that European competition, he resigned due to disputes with the board over transfer budgets. Gasset was hired by Bordeaux on 12 August 2020, after

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's exit. On 27 July 2021 he left the club. On 20 May 2022, he was appointed coach of Côte d'Ivoire. He succeeds Patrice Beaumelle, whose contract expired on 6 April 2022.

Managerial career

Managerial statistics

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Jean-Louis Gasset
at Soccerway 1953 births Living people Footballers from Montpellier French footballers Montpellier HSC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers Paris Saint-Germain F.C. non-playing staff Montpellier HSC managers Stade Malherbe Caen managers FC Istres managers AS Saint-Étienne managers FC Girondins de Bordeaux managers Ligue 1 managers Ivory Coast national football team managers Association football midfielders {{france-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub